Premier LeagueBurnley v Liverpool: Team news
Arne Slot explained why Liverpool will not rush new signing Alexander Isak for Sunday's Premier League visit to Burnley, while Curtis Jones will miss the fixture.
Deadline-day arrival Isak has begun training with his teammates for the first time in recent days, upon returning from international duty with Sweden.
However, the Reds' No.9 is likely to have his minutes managed by his new head coach as he adjusts to his surroundings and increases fitness.
Slot told his pre-match press conference on Friday: "Don't expect him every single game 90 minutes on the pitch – that's definitely not going to happen in the upcoming weeks.
"He missed a proper pre-season, I think he missed three or four months of team sessions, so now we have to build him up gradually with us playing so many games and [having] very little training time.
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Jones, meanwhile, is expected to be Liverpool's only absentee for the meeting with the Clarets after suffering an injury in his last outing.
"Curtis Jones, of course, I don't know if you knew, but he got injured in the last game, so he will not be available for the game against Burnley," Slot added.
"The rest of them I think all came back without a problem."
Jeremie Frimpong has returned to training with the squad having missed the victories over Newcastle United and Arsenal with a hamstring issue.
Burnley have previously been without Zeki Amdouni, Jordan Beyer and Connor Roberts due to injury, and head coach Scott Parker told the media on Friday: "Team news, we're fine really.
"We are where we are and where we have been really. All players came back fit and healthy from the international break, so we're pretty solid there."
On deadline day, the Clarets added midfielder Florentino Luis to their squad as he completed a season-long loan move from Benfica.
Parker, whose side have won one and lost two in the Premier League so far this term, said of facing the champions: "You're playing against an elite, world-class team with numerous players in their team who are obviously world-class talents. So, we understand the challenge.
"As always, it's a 90-minute game of football and we'll go and give the best version of ourselves. We're going to need a lot of things to go our way, we understand that.
"But we're relishing this opportunity, like we have done at the start of this season. I think that has been the main theme for us really, in terms of relishing these opportunities and going up against the best. And no doubt, we're going up against an extremely good team, which we've seen over many years now.
"We're looking forward to it."
Last match
Manchester United 3-2 Burnley (August 30): Dubravka, Walker, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman, Cullen, Ugochukwu, Bruun Larsen, Mejbri, Anthony, Foster.
Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal (August 31): Alisson, Szoboszlai, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Wirtz, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike.
